## **The Grove Pre School Playgroup** (Charity number 1042976) **TAR 2024** The Grove is a thriving committee run pre-school. The Committee is responsible for running The Grove as a small business. They employ staff, raise funds and ensure the playgroup can continue to provide a service to children and their families in our local community. The Grove Committee is a voluntary management committee which is a group of people who manage a community service, in this instance the playgroup. The committee is the employer of the staff at The Grove and is legally and financially responsible for the business. Voluntary management is required in order to have charitable status, it ensures the objectives and aims of the setting are met on a ‘not for profit’ basis. The outcomes for children are the main focus and any profit reinvested back into the setting. We have continued to fundraise through selling tickets for the Casterbridge Rotary club raffle, in-house Easter raffle and toy sales to raise money to put towards new equipment and toys for the playgroup, we were also given the opportunity again to have a raffle at the craft fair which raised valuable funds. This year we joined our local care home and did a spring raffle. We continued our visits to our local care home and visited them weekly with the children to take part in activities with their residents, which has been a huge benefit to both children, residents, and staff. Staff at The Grove work well together as a team and provide stimulating activities and opportunities for all the children in our care. We continue to have a good working relationship with our landlords, Dorset County Hospital. We meet regularly to talk about the development of the Hospital site, and we will remain where we are, they have shown us their future plans for development on the site and they have always been very considerate in including us within these. The NHS is in the process of completing the lease and is looking to be extended for a longer term and this will enable the Preschool to apply for grants to make updates to the Preschool, specifically the outside space. Works continue on the NHS site behind us, removing former buildings and removing trees and making new access roads and we have been kept up to date throughout. We take children with 15-hour, 30 hour and 2-year funding. We are a thriving Pre-school Playgroup with a waiting list, and we budget accordingly to ensure sustainability for the future. Due to changes in childcare funding we took on a new member of staff in April 2024. All staff remain up to date throughout the year with required training and attend appropriate conferences and training to update their skills and knowledge of the Early Years. We keep parents up to date through regular emails, termly newsletter and a closed Facebook Page. We hold new starter open mornings in July and December for children who have been offered a space to start. Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 for The Grove Pre-school Playgroup a r jones CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Telephone: 01305 755618 Email: mail@jonesaccountancy.com Prospect House, Peverell Avenue EasL Poundbury, Dorchester DTI 3WE Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 Accountants. Report to The Grove Pre-school Playgroup In accordance with instructions given to us we have prepared without carrying out an audit the annexed financial statements from the accounting records of The Grove Pre-school Playgroup and from information and explanations supplied to us. AR Jones Prospect House Peverell Avenue East Poundbury Dorchester DT13WE 17 March 2025 Client Approval Certificate We approve the financial statements and confirm that we have made available all relevant records and information for their preparation. Claire Bowen Manager Kit Elphinstone Davis Chair 14 March 2025 The Grove Pre-school Playgroup Balance Sheet 31 August 2024 2024 2023 2022 Fixed assets Equipment Current assets PAYE and National Insurance Prepayments Natwest current account Natwest savings account Skipton Building Society Petty cash 298 1,560 40,252 208 80,001 177 122,497 2,371 2,316 101,902 205 1,557 93,907 203 177 106,971 172 95,839 Current liabilities Deferred income Accruals 14,968 1,193 16,161 10,669 1,133 11,803 11,668 3,103 14,771 Net current assets 106,336 95,168 81,068 Net Assets 106,336 95,168 81,068 Represented by Balance brought forward Excess/(Deficit) for the year 95,168 11,168 106,336 81,068 14,100 95,168 54,799 26,269 81,068 The Grove Pre-school Playgroup Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2024 2024 2023 2022 Income Local Authority funding Fees received Sweatshirts and bags 93,145 13,407 552 88,975 12,074 323 95,153 11,305 230 107,103 101,372 106,688 Other income Rotary raffle Craft fair raffle Sale of Nursery car Sponsored slide Spring raffle Christmas fair Spring fair Photographs Donations Car boot grant Care South donation Kingston Maurward raffle Amazon Smile Toy sale Other Interest 253 351 2,000 927 151 223 14 544 38 384 47 80 1,000 500 350 118 15 141 266 78 165 22 107 79 22 1,192 2,700 3,987 108,296 104,072 110,675 Playgroup costs Wages SMP compensation National Insurance Pension contributions Educational supplies Nursery Car expense Training costs funding Care South donation spending Sweatshirts Activity Gifts Toys and equipment 80,341 73,108 (198) 72,495 351 1,244 2,193 119 488 (2,000) 1,351 2,233 1,126 2,295 512 476 184 794 240 102 2,493 969 274 97 1,128 446 140 214 655 86,904 80,619 76,345 Carried forward 21,392 23,453 34,330 The Grove Pre~School Playgroup Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2024 2024 2023 2022 Brought forward 21,392 23,453 34,330 Expenditure Rent Gas Electricity Property repairs Building insurance Waste disposal Grounds maintenance Telephone Postage Stationery Website Insurance Repairs and renewals Software Subscriptions Sundry expenses Accountancy Legal fees 2,000 1,249 1,606 124 783 372 623 590 2,000 815 668 2,000 776 716 179 757 314 757 304 1,297 635 614 60 109 832 521 121 212 590 428 428 96 802 725 63 221 212 331 330 80 784 327 151 187 368 258 216 10,224 9,353 8,061 Excess of income over expenditure 11,168 14,100 26,269 Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 for The Grove Pre-school Playgroup a r jones CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Telephone: 01305 755618 Email: mail@jonesaccountancy.com Prospect House, Peverell Avenue EasL Poundbury, Dorchester DTI 3WE Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2024 Accountants. Report to The Grove Pre-school Playgroup In accordance with instructions given to us we have prepared without carrying out an audit the annexed financial statements from the accounting records of The Grove Pre-school Playgroup and from information and explanations supplied to us. AR Jones Prospect House Peverell Avenue East Poundbury Dorchester DT13WE 17 March 2025 Client Approval Certificate We approve the financial statements and confirm that we have made available all relevant records and information for their preparation. Claire Bowen Manager Kit Elphinstone Davis Chair 14 March 2025 The Grove Pre-school Playgroup Balance Sheet 31 August 2024 2024 2023 2022 Fixed assets Equipment Current assets PAYE and National Insurance Prepayments Natwest current account Natwest savings account Skipton Building Society Petty cash 298 1,560 40,252 208 80,001 177 122,497 2,371 2,316 101,902 205 1,557 93,907 203 177 106,971 172 95,839 Current liabilities Deferred income Accruals 14,968 1,193 16,161 10,669 1,133 11,803 11,668 3,103 14,771 Net current assets 106,336 95,168 81,068 Net Assets 106,336 95,168 81,068 Represented by Balance brought forward Excess/(Deficit) for the year 95,168 11,168 106,336 81,068 14,100 95,168 54,799 26,269 81,068 The Grove Pre-school Playgroup Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2024 2024 2023 2022 Income Local Authority funding Fees received Sweatshirts and bags 93,145 13,407 552 88,975 12,074 323 95,153 11,305 230 107,103 101,372 106,688 Other income Rotary raffle Craft fair raffle Sale of Nursery car Sponsored slide Spring raffle Christmas fair Spring fair Photographs Donations Car boot grant Care South donation Kingston Maurward raffle Amazon Smile Toy sale Other Interest 253 351 2,000 927 151 223 14 544 38 384 47 80 1,000 500 350 118 15 141 266 78 165 22 107 79 22 1,192 2,700 3,987 108,296 104,072 110,675 Playgroup costs Wages SMP compensation National Insurance Pension contributions Educational supplies Nursery Car expense Training costs funding Care South donation spending Sweatshirts Activity Gifts Toys and equipment 80,341 73,108 (198) 72,495 351 1,244 2,193 119 488 (2,000) 1,351 2,233 1,126 2,295 512 476 184 794 240 102 2,493 969 274 97 1,128 446 140 214 655 86,904 80,619 76,345 Carried forward 21,392 23,453 34,330 The Grove Pre~School Playgroup Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2024 2024 2023 2022 Brought forward 21,392 23,453 34,330 Expenditure Rent Gas Electricity Property repairs Building insurance Waste disposal Grounds maintenance Telephone Postage Stationery Website Insurance Repairs and renewals Software Subscriptions Sundry expenses Accountancy Legal fees 2,000 1,249 1,606 124 783 372 623 590 2,000 815 668 2,000 776 716 179 757 314 757 304 1,297 635 614 60 109 832 521 121 212 590 428 428 96 802 725 63 221 212 331 330 80 784 327 151 187 368 258 216 10,224 9,353 8,061 Excess of income over expenditure 11,168 14,100 26,269